Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

A short scene of a mother and her little son playing ball games on a set of steps together.

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing...

A woman and boy visit an ominous graveyard.

A non-narrative tribute to the seaside town of Onomichi, where Obayashi grew up and where most of these films were made.

Time travel film

Obayashi 8mm short about a man who reminisces about a girl in his past (played by Obayashi's soon-to-be wife Kyoko)

Director Nobuhiko Obayashi is often dubbed "the cinematic magician." 2 and a half years ago, he was diagnosed with cancer with 3 months to live. But...

Yuichi Kosaka is a salaried businessman in Ueda city. His achievements have not been improved recently, and he is betrayed by the manager of takada....

Nobuhiko Obayashi's 2001 work "From the theme of Mahoroba". Obayashi filmed the works of Genjiro Ohno, a photographer who has been photographing the...

Pocky, an upbeat high-schooler, is told she will die in three days by a psychic whose predictions always come true. Along the way, she talks about...

A filmmaker recalls his youth in the town of Onomichi. In the present, he shoots a film in Onomichi alongside his cast, crew and family.

Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

After meeting as college students in the cinema town of Seijo, husband and wife Nobuhiko and Kyoko Obayashi have gone on to direct and produce...

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko of people gathering by a beautiful lake in Canada.

A promotional movie that was shown to Kirin Brewery factory visitors at the time. This is a valuable piece of musical style that introduces the...

A comprehensive document of the six-month production of "Casting Blossoms to the Sky," mixing truth and fiction.

Ken Ota is a Japanese-American GI. He comes to Hiroshima after WW2 looking for his big sister, but finds Keiko, a bomb victim with a keloid scar on...

Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.